On Friday, April 27, 2007, the Insurance Department received two transactional filings, known as Form A filings, for the acquisition of Highmark, Inc. and Independence Blue Cross Pennsylvania domestic insurance company subsidiaries by NEWCO, a yet to be named company, to be formed upon the consolidation of Highmark, Inc. and Independence Blue Cross.

On January 22, 2009, the Insurance Department hosted a news conference discussing the withdrawal of this filing. You may download an electronic press kit, or you mayfollow this link to access the cumulative document log associated with this filing.